whoop

Example Sentences

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I jog the final few yards to where Emma is gazing at Lily whooping with joy inside the castle.

From Literature

He could barely hear Glory’s thrilled whoops, like she was a cowgirl lassoing a bull.

From Literature

He wanted to jump up and whoop with joy, but Thor was curled up and asleep in the sling, and a good skunk caretaker would never startle his kit like that.

From Literature

I crashed down with it and lay there, listening to Coogie and Albert whooping and hollering outside, and Jeb and the girls giggling up a storm.

From Literature

Several years ago, on a cross-Atlantic literary festival where Shriver was an invited author, I observed a packed audience whoop and cheer Shriver’s mordant observations about everything wrong with the world.

From The Wall Street Journal